The Bill, which was last week backed by the British Medical
Association, seeks to reinstate the NHS based on its founding principles and
rid our health service of the inefficiencies and fragmentation of the
market.

Caroline Lucas MP had prepared a speech for the Second Reading debate on the Parliamentary Voting and Constituencies Bill, but was not called by the Speaker to give it. Here, with Caroline's permission, OurKingdom publishes the speech she would have delivered calling for a proportional option and condemning the "old politics" of the Coalition's restrictive referendum.